This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, we respond to the virulent anti-semitism that was on display during the neo-Nazi and white supremacist march in Charlottesville,VA by bringing to you an episode about a remarkable history research project. It’s called, History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust, and it’s bringing to light thousands of articles that appeared in US newspapers between 1933 and 1945 that told American readers in vivid detail about the Nazi campaign to persecute and exterminate millions of Jews in Europe. And here’s a truly remarkable feature of this project — anyone can participate as a researcher – including you, or your students, if you’re a teacher. So give a listen to my conversation with Elissa Frankle of History Unfolded and learn how this new digital research initiative is changing the way we understand the American response to the Holocaust.
Website: History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust
The History Unfolded Newspapers Project
Further Reading
Robert H. Abzug, America Views the Holocaust, 1933-45 : A Brief Documentary History (1999)
Michael Berenbaum, The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2006).
Leonard Dinnerstein, Antisemitism in America (1995)
Henry Feingold, Bearing Witness: Holocaust: How America and Its Jews Responded to the Holocaust (1995).
Deborah E. Lipstadt, Beyond Belief: The American Press And The Coming Of The Holocaust, 1933- 1945 (1993).
Christopher Mathias, “All The Swastikas And Broken Glass Since Charlottesville,” HuffPo August 25, 2017.
Arthur D. Morse, While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy (1998)
David S. Wyman, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945 (2007)
Music for This Episode
Jay Graham, ITPL Intro (JayGMusic.com)
Kevin McCleod, “Impact Moderato” (Free Music Archive)
Ketsa, “Follow the Course” (Free Music Archive)
Hefferman, “Epoch” (Free Music Archive)
Hefferman, “Winter Trek” (Free Music Archive)
The Bell, “I Am History” (Free Music Archive)
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